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FIFA has revealed its 24-man shortlist for its The Best Player of the year award headlined by Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and current champion Cristiano Ronaldo. The list includes seven Real Madrid players including the aforementioned Ronaldo, Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric.
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Football icons and longtime rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo joined Spanish sports stars around the world in expressing their grief after Thursday’s terror attack in Barcelona left 13 people dead. This video grab obtained on August 17, 2017 from the instagram account carlos_tg_32_ shows a victim lying on the ground after a van ploughed into the crowd

BARCELONA football stars past and present have expressed their shock and sadness at the terror attack in the city. A van ploughed into pedestrians in the busy tourist area of Las Ramblas earlier today.
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were among those to condemn the attack in which at least 12 people died and more than 50 were injured.
Messi said on Instagram

Paris - Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo leads the nominees unveiled on Thursday for the Best FIFA Men's Player 2017 award. The 32-year-old Portuguese captain is favourite to retain the title he won last year after success in both the Champions League and La Liga.
Among the 24 men's nominees are Ronaldo's Real Madrid teammates Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos

Arsenal will head on the road for the first time this season to take on Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday evening. The Gunners got off to a winning start in dramatic circumstances last weekend by coming from behind to defeat Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium.
Stoke, meanwhile, fell 1-0 at Everton to Wayne Rooney's goal but will hope to get their

According to Spanish news outlet Don Balon, Messi has demanded no more first-team stars leave the club. Barca have already sold Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world-record £199m fee.
And Messi has reportedly informed Ernesto Valverde that the squad cannot be weakened any further.
Don Balon say Chelsea are firmly in the hunt for Roberto - and it's claimed

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte is fighting with the club’s board over players to add to the team before the end of the summer transfer window. The manager is struggling to convince the board to sign his transfer targets.
According to The Times, Conte has grown frustrated with his club’s transfer movement this summer.
The Italian wants to make additional

Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema help Real Madrid to a 2-0 win over Barcelona in the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana and a 5-1 victory on aggregate. Real Madrid have won the Supercopa de Espana for a 10th time thanks to a convincing 5-1 aggregate victory against arch-rivals Barcelona.
Los Blancos added a couple of goals to their tally at the Bernabeu

LIVERPOOL -- Inter Milan would miss out on a huge financial windfall should Philippe Coutinho leave Liverpool for Barcelona, a source has told ESPN FC. The source said that Inter did not include a sell-on clause when they sold Coutinho to Liverpool in January 2013.
The Brazil international is attempting to force a move to Barcelona by handing in a transfer

Barca are desperate to land the Brazil superstar but have seen to bids worth £72m and £90m knocked back by the Reds. Liverpool don’t want to sell despite Coutinho slapping down a transfer request.
It’s been suggested any cash received from Barcelona could be used on adding quality to Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
But McManaman says it won’t be that easy, with fees for Liverpool’s